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Labor Department Seeks Comment on Forced Labor in Foreign Countries

The Labor Department Bureau of International Labor Affairs is seeking comment on some recently released reports about child labor and forced labor in foreign countries. Labor specifically wants comments on the following reports:

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  • Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act annual list, released most recently Sept. 30
  • The Executive Order No. 13126, revised most recently on July 23
  • The 2012 Trade and Development Act Report

Comments are due by Jan. 15 via email to Labor officials Tina McCarter, at McCarter.Tina@dol.gov, or Randall Hicks, at Hicks.Randall.G@dol.gov, or via http://www.regulations.gov, Docket No. DOL-2013-0003, or physical mail.

(Federal Register 12/2/13)